Canadian industry made an important contribution to the Allied war effort-making aircraft, military vehicles and munitions that amounted to a total value of almost $10 billion, the equivalent of about $100 billion today. Over 260,000 women worked in war-related industries. The heightened tone of the music and narration here are typical of NFB wartime newsreels.

As demands on manpower grow, women are taking an increasingly important place
on the various war fronts. In England, their more active jobs include ferrying
planes from factory to airfield, and operating anti-aircraft guns. In Russia,
they are fighting on the front lines as well as acting as parachute nurses,
army doctors, and technicians. Canadian women, too, are entering new fields
every day. Many have joined active service auxiliaries, and thousands labour
day and night in factories turning out the tools of war.